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They never came tougher than Marlowe, a cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest world sent him down the mean streets again and again in search of some kind of justice. Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in these powerfully atmospheric BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's novels. 

Raymond Chandler’s famous private eye, Philip Marlowe, comes to life in this 44-episode collection of season one of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe radio show, featuring the original cast recordings originally aired on the CBS Radio Network from 1948-1950. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe was a fan favorite for its no-nonsense, hard-boiled approach to crime solving and is presented here in 44 commercial-free episodes.

En el invierno de 1990, fracasado su proyecto para una película sobre Rossini, Robert Altman abandona Italia. Pide algo para leer en el avión, su secretaria le da varios libros de Raymond Carver y, cuando llega a los Estados Unidos, Altman tiene la certeza de que allí hay otra película.

Toby Stephens stars in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Raymond Chandler’s second Philip Marlowe mystery.Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily.In ‘Farewell My Lovely’, Marlowe has a chance encounter with a not-so-gentle giant outside Florian’s nightclub.

Raymond Chandler gilt mit seinem umfangreichen Werk als Pionier des modernen amerikanischen Kriminalromans. Die Helden seiner zahlreichen Romane und Kriminalkurzgeschichten repräsentieren die Prototypen der sogenannten "hardboiled detectives": hartgesottene, zynische Männer, die nicht unbedingt gesetzestreu vorgehen, wenn sie ihre gefährlichen Fälle aufklären.

Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer, and he wants Marlowe to make the problem go away. But with Sternwood's two wild, devil-may-care daughters prowling LA's seedy backstreets, Marlowe's got his work cut out - and that's before he stumbles over the first corpse.... 

The complete collection of landmark BBC Radio dramas of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries. Philip Marlowe is the archetypal noir detective: wisecracking and world weary, hard boiled yet honourable. This volume includes all eight dramatisations of Raymond Chandler's groundbreaking crime novels featuring his iconic hero.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” ( Booklist).

Brought to you by Penguin. 'So you need help. What's your name and trouble?' Private Investigator Philip Marlowe's latest client is Orfamay Quest. She's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or at least that's what she tells Marlowe, offering him just twenty...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'He lay crumpled on his back. Very lonely, very dead. The safe door was wide open. A metal drawer was pulled out. It was empty now. There may have been money in it once.' Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to...

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he...

Ted Malvern, ein Privatdetektiv mit diskreten Verbindungen zur Unter-, Halb- und Oberwelt, findet auf dem Flur seines Hotels die zusammengeschlagene Tänzerin Jean. Doch der Angriff, so das Mädchen, galt nicht ihr, sondern war eine Botschaft an ihren Freund Duke Targo, Duke, ein Boxer, solle seinen nächsten Kampf in keinem Fall gewinnen. Als jedoch in der Nachtbar, in der Jean arbeitet, ein Killer auftaucht und Schüsse fallen, kann Malvern diese Geschichte nicht mehr glauben. Und Jean weiß mehr, als sie sagt...

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the ’40s and ’50s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Everything was quiet and sunny and calm. No cause for excitement whatever. It's only Marlowe, finding another body. He does it rather well by now. Murder-a-day Marlowe, they call him . . .' Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired to find a missing woman. Derace...

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: private investigator Philip Marlowe. He is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe is drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?

Der Fall Austrian, der den Privatdetektiv John Dalmas nach Bay City führt, sieht zunächst ganz gewöhnlich aus. Die Frau des Arztes Leland Austrian ist tot in ihrer Garage gefunden worden. Selbstmord, sagte die Polizei. Allerdings gibt es ein paar Indizien, die nicht ins Bild passen. Aber immer, wenn John Dalmas eine Spur zu haben glaubt, stößt er auf eine weitere Leiche. Und dann ist da der Polizeisergeant de Spain, ein harter Bursche, der sich in den Kopf gesetzt hat, Chef der Mordkommission zu werden...

The following recording is from the late 1950s.

The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson. In The Lady in the Lake, hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond...

Mrs. Murdock, eine reiche Witwe aus Pasadena, hat einen doppelten Auftrag für Philip Marlowe: Ihre Schwiegertochter, eine ehemalige Nachtklub-Sängerin, ist verschwunden - und gleichzeitig eine alte, wertvolle Goldmünze. Beide soll der Privatdetektiv dingfest machen. Was wie ein üblicher Auftrag begann, entwickelt sich schon bald zu einer atemberaubenden Achterbahnfahrt. Marlowes Sinn für Recht und Gerechtigkeit steht auf dem Prüfstand.

The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson. In noir master Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister, a movie...